Nicaragua - Agricultural methane emissions

Agricultural methane emissions (% of total)

Agricultural methane emissions (% of total) in Nicaragua was 77.59 as of 2008. Its highest value over the past 38 years was 85.84 in 1970, while its lowest value was 73.99 in 1987.

Definition: Agricultural methane emissions are emissions from animals, animal waste, rice production, agricultural waste burning (nonenergy, on-site), and savannah burning.

Source: World Bank staff estimates from original source: European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC)/Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency (PBL). Emission Database for Global Atmospheric Research (EDGAR): http://edgar.jrc.ec.europa.eu/.

See also:

Year Value
1970 85.84
1971 84.51
1972 84.05
1973 84.00
1974 84.67
1975 84.58
1976 84.24
1977 84.38
1978 83.93
1979 82.59
1980 80.37
1981 80.05
1982 80.81
1983 77.95
1984 78.80
1985 78.44
1986 76.08
1987 73.99
1988 74.83
1989 77.67
1990 83.50
1991 79.96
1992 81.27
1993 82.71
1994 82.69
1995 79.32
1996 77.63
1997 77.99
1998 76.47
1999 78.58
2000 78.34
2001 77.94
2002 77.92
2003 78.54
2004 77.40
2005 77.94
2006 78.02
2007 77.81
2008 77.59

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Emissions